suss out

• Verbe à particule signifiant découvrir, comprendre ou identifier quelque chose par une enquête ou une réflexion approfondie ; souvent utilisé pour indiquer qu'on évalue une personne ou une situation.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of figuring out, understanding, or discovering something through investigation or careful thought.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Understand or figure outinformalbritish

   To discover or understand something by careful thought or investigation.

   découvrir par déduction

   • I need to suss out what's really going on here.
   • She quickly sussed out the solution to the puzzle.
   • He sussed out the hidden meaning in her message.

   Synonymesascertaincomprehenddeducedeterminediscernfigure outfind outgraspinvestigatework out

2. Assess a person or situationinformalbritish

   To evaluate or form an opinion about someone or something.

   sonder (quelqu'un ou une situation)

   • We spent the first few minutes sussing out the new manager.
   • He sussed out the competition before making his move.
   • She sussed out the atmosphere in the room before speaking.

   Synonymesappraiseassessdeduceevaluatefigure outgaugejudgesize upunderstandwork out

   Antonymesmisinterpretmisjudgemisreadmisunderstandoverlook